SINGAPORE – National shuttler Loh Kean Yew is one win away from becoming the first Singaporean to win a medal at the Badminton World Federation World Championships after beating Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-4, 21-7 in their last-16 match on Thursday (Dec 16). The world No. 22 will face either Denmark’s world No. 10 Rasmus Gemke... » read more
SINGAPORE – National shuttler Loh Kean Yew has slain the biggest giant in the badminton world as he beat Denmark’s world No. 1 and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen 14-21, 21-9, 21-6 in the first round of the Badminton World Federation World Championships in 54 minutes on Monday (Dec 13). The Singaporean world No. 22 got... » read more
ROUBAIX, FRANCE (AFP) – Jeffrey Hoogland’s sizzling 58.418sec ride won gold in the men’s 1km time-trial at the track cycling world championships on Friday (Oct 22). At a packed Roubaix indoor stadium, the Dutchman was over a second faster than 23-year-old Nicholas Paul of Trinidad, who also rode a sub one minute 59.791sec, only to... » read more
BUDAPEST (AFP) – Britain ended the European Championships on Sunday (May 23) on top of the medals table in a clear sign of intent ahead of the Olympics with star swimmer Adam Peaty taking home four golds. Peaty had already captured the 50m and 100m breaststroke as well as being part of the mixed 4x100m... » read more